VITAMINS

U.S. consumers spend about 12 billion dollars on vitamins and dietary supplements a year. (1999) Japan with less than half the population spends almost 11 billion dollars a year.

NIACIN or Vitamin B-3, also known as nicotinic acid is a water soluble vitamin related to a tobacco alkaloid, and is used to treat pellagra. Good sources are meat, poultry, fish, peanuts, and whole grain cereals.